Fence-post



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J. J. OGILVIE.

FENCE POST.

No. 325,357, Patented Sept. 1, 1885,

ENESSESt ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT @rricrs.

JAMES J. OGILVIE, OF ROSCOE, OHIO.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,357, dated September 1, 1835.

Application filed March 27,1855. (X0 model.)

To all 20710721, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES J. OorLvIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Roscoe, in the county of Goshocton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Fence-Posts; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in fence-posts; audit consists in a fence-post constructed of two thin sections of wood so arranged that the edge of one section shall abut against the middle of the other, and the grain or fiber of one of the sections shall be at right angles to the other one to prevent springing or bending, the two sections being connected by metallic pins passing through both sections, and each end of such pins projecting from the sections, and the post being encircled with wires which are wound around the extremities of the pins, where they project on each side.

lhe object of my invention is to produce a post which may be made of plank or thin sections of split wood, and which combines all the strength of a solid post, but is lighter than such, and can be more readily and cheaply produced.

In many parts of the country,notably in the region west of the Missouri river, it is difficult to obtain timber large enough to dress into solid posts, and the cost of its transportation from other localities is very great; but by my device posts may be made of plank one inch or more in thickness, and the same material of which the rails are made will answer to con struct the posts.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front perspective view of my post. Fig. 2 is a rear View of the same. Fig. 3 is a section on the line of one of the connecting pins and wires; and Fig. 4 is an illustration of a modiiication of my device.

I construct my post of a front section,A, of wood, say six inches wide and one and a half inch thick, and of suitable length to allow of being sunk in the earth the requisite depth, and leave sufficient height above the ground to attach the rails. At a point a little above the ground I make an opening, a, in the center of the section A, and a similar opening, a, near the top ofthe section. Another section,l, of like dimensions, having openings av and a through its edge or greater thickness, is then placed longitudinally against the rear of section A, the edge of section B resting on the center of the broad side of section A and the openings a a in each correspondin I then pass or drive through the openings at a in each section, the two metal pins or bolts 0, which are slightly larger than the openings, until their extremities are left projecting a little beyond the front side of section A and the rear edge of section B, respectively. I then twist a wire, D, in a loop around the projecting end of the pin 0 which passes beyond section B, and wind the wire once around sections B and A, and twist the same around the head or end of the pin 0 which projects in front of section A, so that by the pins 0 and the wires D the two sections A and B will be securely bound and firmly held together and form. the post.

\Vhere plank is used in constructing the panels of the fence, it will be nailed to the front face of section A, and the nails will be driven through into the edge of section B, thus securing a good body for nail-hold and further binding the sections together. XVhen the post is used for wire fencing, the wire can be attached by pins driven in section A, or by winding around the whole post, or in any usual way.

Another ad vantage of my post is that should one of the sections decay it can be removed and replaced by unwindirg the wires and withdrawing the pins from the sections without destroying the other section.

In Fig. 4. my post is provided with a series of niortises or rests, E E, in the front edge of section l3,before the posts are connected to receive the ends of planks or rails,which with the posts constitute what is commonly dcnominated a post-and-rail fence.

I do not desire to claim a fence-panel, but simply a post constructed of two pieces of thin wood connected by two metal pins and bound together by encircling wires, one of the pieces or sections having its edge longitudinally abutting against the center of the flat side of the other to economize material, and to gain the maximum of strength with the minimum of weight. A'single strip of wood of the dimensions of section A, would bend or spring if used for a post; but two pieces with their edges at right angles, as in my device,have all the firmness of a solid post six inches square.

I am aware that battens have hitherto been used on fence-posts for the purpose of re-enforcing and strengthening them, and I do not claim such devices; but

\Vhat I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is"

1. A fence-post formed of a wooden strip, A, and a second wooden strip, B. of equal dimensions, said strips or sections being placed at right angles to each other to prevent bending or yielding, and the section B having aseries of mortises, E, cut therein to receive the rails, and connected by metallic pins 0, and bound by encircling wires wound around the sections A and B and the projecting ends of the pins 0, substantially as set forth.

2. A fence-post formed of two thin sections of wood placed at right angles to each other, and bolted together by two metal pins whose ends project to form catches for encirclingwires, said wires being wrapped around the wooden sections which form the post,and also around the projecting ends of the pins, all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I ZtffiX my signatnrein presence of two witnesses.

JAMES J. OGILVIE.

Vitnesses:

E. M. DONALD, lino-AR M. DONALD. 

